Tooth-brush and dentifrice bracket.



No. 837,871. PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.

L. W. MQGONNELL & W. V. GAGE. TOOTH BRUSH AND DENTIFRIGE BRACKET.

APPLIUATION FILED APBHZB, 1906.

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LEWIS W. MCCONNELL AND WILL V. GAGE, OF MoCOUK, NEBRASKA.

TOOTH-BRUSH AND DENTIFRICE BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed April 26, 1906. Serial No. 313.752.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Lnwrs W. MoCoN- NELL and WILL V. GAGE, citizens of the United States, and residents of McCook, in the county of Redwillow and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Im roved Tooth-Brush and Dentifrice Brae et, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to brackets or holders to support tooth-brushes and receptacles adapted to contain dentifrice, and is particularly useful in connection with receptacles of the soft-metal tubular type generally employed to contain pastes and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this class which is inexpensive and 1 and combination of parts to be described hereinafter and more fully pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. I

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device as applied to a wooden support. Fig. 2 is a crosssection on the line 2 2 of Fi 1, showing a part of the receptacle broken away. Fig. 3 is a perspective v1ew of the supporting member, While Fig. 4 is a plan view of the cap of the receptacle.

Referring "more particularly to the drawings, 1 shows the supporting member, which prongs 6, which slightly approach each other at the extremities, and thus form a constricted inlet to the fork. This fork serves for the purpose of supporting a tooth-brush, as shown in Fig. 1.

. It will be understood that it is of advantage to hang a tooth-brush in this manner, as the moisture retained by the bristles after using is thus far more rapidly evaporated and insures a longer life and more sanitary condition to the brush.

We further provide a receptacle 7, adapted to contain a dentifrice, which may be of any desirable form, but, as shown in the drawings, consists of the usual tube containing paste or like materials for the cleansing of the teeth. The receptacle 7 is provided with a cap 8,

adapted to be attached thereto by screwthreads or other suitable means. This cap 8 has a transverse tapered slot 9 across the top. 1

This slot has an approximately keystone cross section, is wider at the bottom than at the top, and is adapted to engage with the shank 2 of the member 1, as is shown more clearly in Fig. 2. As the shank 2 is wider at the lower side, it will be understood that when the cap is slid upon the shank over one we tremity of the same it cannot be removed from engagement therewith by a downward pull. The lateral displacement of the fork 5 through the forming of the gooseneck 4 is for the purpose of allowing the cap to be mounted upon the shank by sliding the former upon said shank.

When itis desired to use any of the material contained in the receptacle, it is only nec-' essary to unscrew this from the cap,-leaving the latter attached to the shank, and the re- I ceptacle can then be again suspended from the holder by merely securing it to the cap in the usual manner. As the groove in the cap is tapered, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4, it is adapted to secure the cap tightly upon the holder when jammed in place upon the same.

Having thus described our invention, We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A device of the class described, comprising a holder having means for engaging a support and a fork adapted to hold a toothbrush, a receptacle adapted to contain dentifrice and having a removable cap provided prising a fork member adapted to hold a tooth-brush and having a shank adapted to engage a support, and a receptacle adapted to contain dentifrice and having. a removable cap provided with a slot, said slot being adapted slidably to engage said shank whereby said receptacle is removably mounted upon said fork member.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a receptacle adapted to contain dentifrice having a notch 1n the upper portion thereof, and a holder adapted to engage a support and toengage with said notch, said holder further having a fork adapted to hold a tooth-brush.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a receptacle adapted to contain dentifrice, having a cap provided with a tapered recess wider at the lower portion thereof, a holder having a threaded extremity adapted to be screwed into a support, a shank of substantially the same cross-section as said recess and adapted to engage therewith, and an extremity remote from said threaded end laterally disposed to permit said receptacle to be attached to said member, said remote extremity terminating in a fork adapted to hold a tooth-brush.

, In testimony whereof we have signed our 

